Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Neil Gaiman

Charting Jul 8, 2001Jun 18, 2017 · 35 weeks with chart power

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Peak Power
7.13%
week of Apr 23, 2017
Career Power
266
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
4
weeks as the top author
Peak Year
127
June 2016 – June 2017
Peak Five Years
235
June 2012 – June 2017
Top-five weeks
15
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
35
weeks with chart power
Dominance
14.59%
week of Mar 19, 2017
Comebacks
3
July 2013, March 2015, March 2017
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJan 15, 2006Jul 7, 20133893492.10%1.58%
After declineDec 1, 2013Mar 1, 201565644.90%1.73%
After declineMay 3, 2015Mar 5, 201794934.90%2.79%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

6 books · 266 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.

TitlePeakWeeksPower
Norse Mythology#114127.3
The Ocean at the End of the Lane#11078.1
Trigger Warning#4529.3
Anansi Boys#1322.8
American Gods#1026.6
Fragile Things#1412.4